The Path Less Taken https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/ ...living and learning outside the box... Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:37:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 27601799 Separating Fact From Fear: Part Two https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/separating-fact-from-fear-part-two/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/separating-fact-from-fear-part-two/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:37:16 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7700 (This is the second part in a series. If you haven’t read part one, start here!) On November 19th, 2022, Anderson Lee Aldrich opened fire inside Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Five people were killed, and many … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/separating-fact-from-fear-part-two/feed/ 0 7700 Standing Up: Myths and Facts About Trans Youth (Part 1) https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/standing-up-myths-and-facts-about-trans-youth-part-1/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/standing-up-myths-and-facts-about-trans-youth-part-1/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2025 20:25:42 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7698 I don’t particularly like writing about this. Let me start there. Not because I don’t believe in it, in the very core of my being, and not because I don’t think it’s important (to be clear, this is very important, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/10/standing-up-myths-and-facts-about-trans-youth-part-1/feed/ 3 7698 Opinions are Harmless. Hate Isn’t. https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/opinions-are-harmless-hate-isnt/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/opinions-are-harmless-hate-isnt/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:11:59 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7690 The online climate this past week has been…. well to be honest, I don’t even have the words for it. It’s bad. It’s disheartening. It’s horrifying. As of this morning, I’ve been unfriended by five people (which is shockingly low, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/opinions-are-harmless-hate-isnt/feed/ 1 7690 Charlie Kirk: Two Truths https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-two-truths/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-two-truths/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:19:19 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7684 Wednesday, September 10th, at around noon: Political activist and Trump ally, Charlie Kirk, was murdered while he was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. I am not celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. I have never (nor will I ever) … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-two-truths/feed/ 4 7684 What I’ve Learned During the Last Year – Living in the Gray https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/06/what-ive-learned-during-the-last-year-living-in-the-gray/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/06/what-ive-learned-during-the-last-year-living-in-the-gray/#respond Sun, 15 Jun 2025 01:01:40 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7678 I have had …. a year. This past year has stretched me, and softened me, and taught me more than I signed up for. It’s not that there was a big or dramatic transformation — there wasn’t — but amidst … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/06/what-ive-learned-during-the-last-year-living-in-the-gray/feed/ 0 7678 10 Unpopular Fitness Truths https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-fitness-truths/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-fitness-truths/#respond Thu, 15 May 2025 23:45:50 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7624 This is Part 2 of a post on fitness and nutrition. You can read the nutrition post here. When I first started studying health sciences, it was the nutrition I was looking forward to. I honestly thought the exercise classes … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-fitness-truths/feed/ 0 7624 10 Unpopular Diet & Nutrition Facts https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-diet-nutrition-facts/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-diet-nutrition-facts/#comments Sat, 03 May 2025 01:46:04 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7660 It’s been a long time since I’ve written about this topic, but for context, nutrition has always been a soul interest of mine. The thing about nutrition, like any science, is that it’s a fluid, ever-changing pursuit. My own personal … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/05/10-unpopular-diet-nutrition-facts/feed/ 2 7660 The More Things Change https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/04/the-more-things-change/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/04/the-more-things-change/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:36:34 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7654 (the more they stay the same) I am writing this from the closet – an actual closet, not a figurative closet. I first started hanging out in my closet about a year ago. I don’t know what initially made me … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2025/04/the-more-things-change/feed/ 1 7654 The Hardest Part of Being a Parent https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2024/04/the-hardest-part-of-being-a-parent/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2024/04/the-hardest-part-of-being-a-parent/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:16:38 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7646 I have been a parent for over 27 years. I could write a thousand blog posts about the wonderful parts of being a parent. A 12 page essay. A screenplay. An entire tome. Being a parent has been, hands down, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2024/04/the-hardest-part-of-being-a-parent/feed/ 0 7646 Life Right Now https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2024/04/life-right-now/ https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/2024/04/life-right-now/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:52:24 +0000 https://www.jennifermcgrail.com/?p=7636 I cried a couple of days ago. It wasn’t because of one thing. It wasn’t because of a hundred things. It was because of ALL THE THINGS… and because of nothing at all, all at the same time. I don’t … Continue reading →

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